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The monastery's abbot, Sayadaw U Zawtika, said about 60 zinc sheets that were pulled off the roof of the monastery’s classroom and living quarters have not yet been replaced due to a shortage of funding at the monastery. U Zawtika said the school ...
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FlagSources close to ethnic armed groups-which have maintained a ceasefire with the ruling junta since the 1990s-said that military officials told ceasefire groups to organize their political parties in preparation for the junta announcing party ...
Close on the heels of sacking the editor of a Rangoon based Monthly magazine Cherry for publishing a poem, Burma's censorship board has demoted a senior clerk from the publishing license department on June 24, sources said. The source said, Yin Yin ...
Reporting on post-cyclone Burma It is exactly two months since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, causing widespread death and devastation. In a country that has been under military rule since 1962 and controls almost all aspects of the media, it was a huge ...
The editor of a Burmese magazine has been forced to resign after he published a poem about the ancient town of Depayin, where 60 opposition activists were slain in an ambush in 2003. Htay Aung, had to resign after the poem was published in the June ...
Much has been written about Cyclone Nargis and the failure of Burma's military junta to respond adequately. But what of the hundreds of political prisoners held in Burma, many in areas devastated by the storm? When Cyclone Nargis ravaged Burma in ...
The regular supplies of books from family members and friends have also been stopped by the authorities, the Thailand-based organization said. Bo Kyi, drew attention to health problems suffered by Burma's longest serving political prisoner, the 79-...
Rangoon editor fired over offending poem – Wai Moe An editor on the privately-run Rangoon magazine Cherry was fired and three censorship board employees were reportedly suspended from duty after the monthly carried a poem that displeased ...
An editor from a monthly magazine Cherry' was forced to resign from his work for publishing a poem named 'De Pa Yin Ga', written about the historical 'Depayin' town, in June issue. The notorious Censorship Board under the Ministry of Information ...
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